Torquil

Gender	Masculine
Language(s)	English
Language(s)	1. Scottish Gaelic, from Old Norse 2. Norwegian, Swedish, from Old Norse
Word/name	1. SG Torcall, from ON Þorketill 2. Nr, Sw Torkel, from ON Þorketill
Derivation	ON Þorr + ketill
Meaning	"Thor" + "(sacrificial) cauldron"
Cognate(s)	2. Thorkel; ; Torkild; Torkjell
See also	Torcadall, Torcall

Torquil is an Anglicised form of the Norwegian and Swedish masculine name Torkel, and the Scottish Gaelic name Torcall. The Scottish Gaelic name Torcall is a Gaelicised form of the Old Norse name Þorkell. The Scandinavian Torkel is a contracted form of the Old Norse Þorkell. This Old Norse name is made up of the two elements: Þór, meaning "Thor" the Norse god of thunder; and kell (in some variants ketill), meaning "(sacrificial) cauldron".

Scandinavian variants of the Torkel include: the Icelandic, Þorkell; Norwegian and Swedish Torkil, Thorkel; the Norwegian Torkjell; and the Danish , Torkild, Terkel.

A variant spelling of the Scottish Gaelic Torcall is Torcull.

A similar Scottish Gaelic given name is Torcadall, which is also Anglicised as Torquil.

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